Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$5,267.07
2024
Average charge
$35,259.55
Hospital list price
Stays
953
66 hospitals
Medicare paid
$5.0M
For these stays
For DRG 179 (respiratory infections and inflammations without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $5,267.07 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $35,259.55 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $7,142.42. In 2023 Medicare paid $6,061.41.
953 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 179 at 66 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $5.0M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 179 ($9,003.30) and Pennsylvania the lowest ($4,697.55).
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 179 in 2024: 28, with an average Medicare payment of $5,233.00.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 28 | $27,152.25 | $7,076.71 | $5,233.00 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 25 | $15,907.08 | $6,360.76 | $4,801.72 |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 12 | 176 | $41,214.58 | $4,894.19 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | 141 | $18,091.57 | $5,075.53 |
| New York | 9 | 135 | $43,959.28 | $6,026.78 |
| Illinois | 6 | 99 |
All diagnosis groups: Medicare hospital stays by DRG.
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays, published once a year. Hospitals with fewer than 11 stays in this group are not published. Total payment adds the patient's share and payments by other insurers to the Medicare payment.
| 24 |
| $45,949.17 |
| $6,355.17 |
| $4,826.50 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 23 | $19,343.00 | $7,262.39 | $5,049.35 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 21 | $56,184.33 | $9,836.24 | $7,311.86 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 20 | $48,513.60 | $7,742.85 | $5,033.35 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 19 | $39,255.16 | $5,936.00 | $4,211.00 |
| Sturdy Memorial Hospital Attleboro, MA · Sturdy Memorial Hospital | 19 | $13,137.89 | $6,390.84 | $5,104.11 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center Prescott, AZ · CommonSpirit Health | 19 | $29,199.16 | $6,645.00 | $5,330.11 |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital Abington, PA · Jefferson Health | 18 | $24,436.56 | $6,253.83 | $4,868.33 |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · Cleveland Clinic | 18 | $28,383.06 | $5,063.06 | $3,784.33 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 18 | $37,478.17 | $6,895.61 | $5,314.67 |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · Baptist Healthcare System | 18 | $40,174.33 | $5,021.89 | $3,364.17 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 18 | $33,917.28 | $5,750.56 | $4,393.56 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 17 | $54,402.00 | $6,523.00 | $4,558.35 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 17 | $49,644.18 | $7,900.00 | $5,000.88 |
| New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. Brooklyn, NY · Maimonides Medical Center | 16 | $37,659.69 | $7,279.50 | $6,161.50 |
| Wynn Hospital Utica, NY · Mohawk Valley Health System | 16 | $29,683.88 | $7,265.19 | $5,452.69 |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FL · Community Health Systems | 16 | $64,000.19 | $5,076.56 | $3,546.56 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 15 | $45,393.27 | $6,878.53 | $4,943.80 |
| Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 15 | $30,582.13 | $4,976.87 | $3,542.67 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 15 | $59,212.60 | $11,140.87 | $7,214.87 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 15 | $11,092.13 | $10,142.33 | $8,619.13 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, FL · Baptist Health South Florida | 14 | $27,679.29 | $5,911.07 | $4,352.71 |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center Lakeland, FL · Lakeland Regional Health | 14 | $28,763.64 | $6,722.14 | $5,119.57 |
| $31,166.32 |
| $4,793.63 |
| New Jersey | 7 | 97 | $58,653.19 | $4,857.56 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 69 | $35,078.70 | $4,697.55 |
| Maryland | 4 | 54 | $11,604.46 | $9,003.30 |
| Arizona | 3 | 42 | $32,682.71 | $5,907.64 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 29 | $40,526.79 | $3,616.90 |
| Missouri | 1 | 15 | $30,582.13 | $3,542.67 |
| Alabama | 1 | 13 | $42,437.23 | $4,046.31 |
| Indiana | 1 | 13 | $28,784.31 | $3,981.62 |
| Michigan | 1 | 13 | $18,638.69 | $4,251.15 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 12 | $20,856.75 | $4,434.50 |
| California | 1 | 12 | $53,795.33 | $6,618.50 |
| Delaware | 1 | 11 | $33,799.18 | $5,404.91 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 11 | $17,724.64 | $5,225.27 |
| Texas | 1 | 11 | $36,711.00 | $5,223.82 |